When three New York college students bought a $20 couch
from a Salvation Army thrift store, they weren’t expecting much. In fact, they
almost passed it over because it was so old and smelly, but it fit the
dimensions of their home perfectly so they decided to get it anyway.
Once they took it home, however, they learned the couch’s
wonderful secret:
SUNY New Paltz student Reese Werkhoven and roommates
Callie Guasti and Lara Russo told WABC-TV they were shocked to find $40,000 in
cash after deciding to find out why the used couch was so uncomfortable.
"At first we found the money but there was no name
or anything, and we're bugging out, like, what kind of boat are we going to
get, where are we going," Werkhoven said.
The trio found the money in envelopes stashed in
different parts of the couch. They said they instantly started discussing the
things they could do with the money, until they found a deposit slip, according
to the WABC report.
"Next door, they actually thought that we won the
lottery. Our walls are really thin between our wall and their wall,"
Guasti told the station.
The students tracked down the woman whose name was on the
envelope -- a 91-year-old who hid the money because she didn't trust banks. The
woman's children donated the couch when she was in the hospital with a broken
hip.
"It wasn't a debate, we immediately reached a
consensus that this is her money," Werkhoven told the station.
The woman gave $1,000 to Werkhoven, Guasti and Russo as a
reward for returning the $40,000, according to The Little Rebellion blog.
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